make it possible to get text from selection

Change-Id: Iafbba49f5a0ca2c75034e64eaf856d3afa41c718
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos <nicolas@kdab.com>

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/objects/basetexteditor.cpp b/objects/basetexteditor.cpp
index 58a427c..8f62091 100644
--- a/objects/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/objects/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -486,16 +486,7 @@ bool BaseTextEditor::findRegexp(const QString &regexp, bool backward, bool caseS
 
 void BaseTextEditor::deleteRegion(const Position &from, const Position &to)
 {
-    QPointer<Mark> start = createMark();
-    gotoPosition(from);
-    int fromPos = nativePosition();
-    gotoPosition(to);
-    int toPos = nativePosition();
-    QTextCursor cursor( textEditorWidget()->document());
-    cursor.setPosition(fromPos);
-    cursor.setPosition(toPos, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
-    cursor.removeSelectedText();
-    gotoMark(start);
+    fetchSelectionAndDelete(from, to, true);
 }
 
 void BaseTextEditor::gotoDocumentStart()
@@ -516,6 +507,23 @@ int BaseTextEditor::lineCount()
     return 0;
 }
 
+QString BaseTextEditor::fetchSelectionAndDelete(const Position &from, const Position &to, bool del)
+{
+    QPointer<Mark> start = createMark();
+    gotoPosition(from);
+    int fromPos = nativePosition();
+    gotoPosition(to);
+    int toPos = nativePosition();
+    QTextCursor cursor( textEditorWidget()->document());
+    cursor.setPosition(fromPos);
+    cursor.setPosition(toPos, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
+    QString text = cursor.selectedText();
+    if (del)
+        cursor.removeSelectedText();
+    gotoMark(start);
+    return text;
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditor::indent()
 {
     if (textEditorWidget())
@@ -543,3 +551,9 @@ QTextDocument::FindFlags BaseTextEditor::flags(bool backward, bool caseSensitive
         return textEditor->editorWidget();
     return 0;
 }
+
+
+QString Scripting::Internal::BaseTextEditor::text(const Scripting::Internal::Position &from, const Scripting::Internal::Position &to)
+{
+    return fetchSelectionAndDelete(from, to, false);
+}
diff --git a/objects/basetexteditor.h b/objects/basetexteditor.h
index 31b9866..10c77ce 100644
--- a/objects/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/objects/basetexteditor.h
@@ -124,11 +124,13 @@ public slots:
     bool findRegexp(const QString& regexp, bool backward = false, bool caseSensitively = false, bool wholeWords = false);
     void indent();
     void deleteRegion( const Position& from, const Position& to);
+    QString text( const Position& from, const Position& to);
     void gotoDocumentStart();
     void gotoDocumentEnd();
     int lineCount();
 
 private:
+    QString fetchSelectionAndDelete( const Position& from, const Position& to, bool del);
     QTextDocument::FindFlags flags(bool backward, bool caseSensitively, bool wholeWords) const;
 };